Unit 4 Using Language 教学设计-2026-2027学年高二英语人教版选择性必修第一册

课题

Describe Classroom Body Language

章节

选择性必修1 U4 Period 5

课型

Reading for Writing

课时

1

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By the end of this period, students are expected to be able to:

1.Get main idea and detailed information from the exposition How Do I Know My Students?; sort out different students’ body language and their corresponding feelings.

2.Master the text structure of exposition (General‑Specific‑General) .

3.Observe pictures, describe people’s body language and infer their feelings and personality.

4.Apply the learned text framework and language expressions to write a short passage describing a person’s body language.

重点

1.Sort out different kinds of classroom body language and their implied meanings from the passage.

2.Analyze the expository text structure and master key sentence patterns for describing body language.

难点

1. Infer people’s inner feelings and personality according to their body language.

2.Organize logical writing content, correctly use learned structures to describe body language and interpret hidden meanings.

教  学  过  程

Step 1 Lead-in

1.Show a set of cartoon pictures of students with different classroom body language. Ask students to describe what the boys and girls are doing and guess their feelings. Present related emotion words: bored, troubled, interested, curious, distracted, anxious.

2.Play the movie clip of Zhou Xingxing studying in class. Put forward three guiding questions:

① Does Zhou Xingxing listen attentively in class?

② How does he feel?

③ If you were a teacher, how would you judge whether your students are attentive or not?

3.Lead-in topic: Classroom body language can help teachers know students’ inner thoughts.

(Student activity: Observe pictures, answer questions, watch clip and discuss in pairs.

Purpose: Arouse students’ interest in body language topic; lay foundation for reading.)

Step 2 Pre‑reading

Look at the title How Do I Know My Students? and text picture. Finish prediction task.

Fill in the blanks:

The text may introduce _______________ for the _________ to know about the students’ conditions, feelings or thoughts __________.

(Suggested answers: some useful ways; teacher; in class)

Tip: We can predict main content from the title.

Step 3 While‑reading

Activity1 Skim for text structure

Match paragraphs with main ideas.

Paras.1‑2: Introduction of the topic

Para.3: Recognize when students are interested or bored

Para.4: Recognize when students are distracted

Para.5: Distinguish when students are troubled